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Florence Leslie was a glamorous actress on the West End stage but at the age
of 22 she was before magistrates for drunkenness. This is not a parable of
modern celebrity culture but a record from Scotland Yard’s book of Habitual
Drunkards from 1910 (David Brown writes).

Florence, a chorus girl was committed to a “certified inebriate reformatory”
for two years — the Edwardian equivalent of an ASBO.

She was number 2,042 in the book of notorious drinkers that was sent out to
licensed premises in London and which is now included in a collection of
criminal records published today.

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Catherine Wilson was the last person to be publicly executed in London

February 20 2013

Catherine Wilson was the last person to be publicly executed in London